Local:
Further financial strain put on Fort Myers Beach Residents and Business Owners as FEMA Rolls Back 25% Flood Insurance Discount
Following last week’s business trailer ban on the island, FEMA just announced that the 25% flood insurance discount will be available for all of Lee County, except for Fort Myers Beach.
The reason for the town being put on probation is due to residents and the town as a whole not being able to meet rebuilding milestones set by FEMA from Hurricane Ian according to Fox 4.
There is no word on when or if Fort Myers Beach may get the discount back.
State:
Despite Receiving Federal Approval a Year ago, Florida has yet to Begin Canadian Drug Importation
Back in 2020, the state of Florida applied to be the first state in the country to import medication from outside the United States. In 2023, the federal government gave approval to the state, however, no progress has been made on importing these affordable medications.
The state aims to use these medications to ease expenses on the state’s Medicaid program, which the state estimates will save $180 million from it’s $30 billion yearly budget.
The delay is likely due to difficulty in finding a Canadian company willing to export, according to the Tampa Bay Times.
Florida is one of the nine states currently approved to import drugs from Canada however no other state has made significant progress either.
National:
Roughly 20% of Americans get their News from Social Media According to Study
According to a study conducted by the Pew Research Center, around 20% of U.S. citizens get the majority of their news from social media sites.
The study, which was drawn from a survey of 10,000 adults of different demographics reflects the changing landscape of how people get their news. The study also analyzed the social media influencers regarding what they were giving news about, how they were doing it, and what their qualifications were.
A more worrying finding of the study found that 70% of people surveyed claim that what they hear from the influencers conflicts with what they hear elsewhere according to the Associated Press.
